Police blotter

January 10, 2004

Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports:

A 16-year-old Clovis woman came with her grandmother to the police department on Jan. 2 to report that a 22-year-old man had been having sex with her for about half a year, beginning when she was 15.
The woman said the sexual activity was sometimes consensual and sometimes not, and that the man began to harass her after she became pregnant. Police advised her on the procedures to obtain a restraining order.
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About noon on Jan. 3, Clovis police dispatch issued a warning to be on the lookout for a vehicle driving recklessly down Commerce Way whose occupants might be armed with a weapon.
Police found and stopped the vehicle in a grocery store parking lot. A passenger admitted to having a BB gun and marijuana in the car and said they were his. The driver’s mother arrived during the traffic stop and gave consent to have the car searched. The passenger said he was going to sell the marijuana to support his family.
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About 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 3, Clovis police responded to the 900 block of Edwards for a battery report.
A 16-year-old male resident said he was in his basement when a 15-year-old male he knew from other contacts ran into his house screaming about blood and carrying a baseball bat. When the 16-year-old ordered him out of the house, the 15-year-old said, “You started the game and I’m going to finish it and you look like a character in the game.” After a verbal altercation, the 15-year-old hit the resident on the head with the baseball bat and left.
Several witnesses confirmed the report to police and a later report indicated that the bat-wielding man had pushed a 14-year-old female into a wall and threatened a 14-year-old male with the bat but did not hit him.
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Police responded about 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 3 to the 800 block of West Manana where a husband said his wife had received a strange phone call from a man claiming to represent a lingerie company and asking personal questions. The woman said her sister in Fort Sumner had also received similar calls.
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About 7 a.m. on Jan. 4, police responded to a report of a stabbing victim near the area of Adenmore and Llano Estacado.
Police found several people in an apartment with blood stains on the carpet, one victim with severe facial lacerations, and another bending over as if he had been punched in the stomach. After obtaining statements, police reported they would be obtaining warrants for the arrest of two men on two counts of aggravated battery with intent to cause great bodily harm.

Police Blotter is compiled by CNJ staff writer Darrell Todd Maurina. He can be contacted at 763-6991 or:
darrell_maurina@link.freedom.com